Contractors Lost in Pentagon Bureaucracy

[rodeodance]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-contractors-study,1,2848462.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

Contractors Lost in Pentagon Bureaucracy
By ANNE PLUMMER FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer
2:54 PM PST, December 19, 2006

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is still struggling to get a handle on the unprecedented number of contractors now helping run the nation's wars, losing millions of dollars because it is unable to monitor industry workers stationed in far-flung locations, according to a congressional report.

The investigation by the Government Accountability Office, which released the report Tuesday, found that the Defense Department's inability to manage contractors effectively has hurt military operations and unit morale and cost the Pentagon money.

"With limited visibility over contractors, military commanders and other senior leaders cannot develop a complete picture of the extent to which they rely on contractors as an asset to support their operations," said the GAO, the investigative arm of Congress.

According to the report, some 60,000 contractors are supporting the Army in Southwest Asia, a region that includes Iraq. That figure is compared to the 9,200 contractors used to support the military in the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

[Bitwit1234]

1. What in the world can the defense

department do right. Messed up the war, messed up the contracts, lost the money...sounds like a typical bushite to me.

[peacetalksforall]

2. They only promised to run the government like a business; they

didn't promise to run the military like a business.

[OneBlueSky]

3. using private contractors to help us make war is a VERY dangerous trend . . .

that should be stopped cold . . . I hope the Democratic Congress will look into this and take action to end it . . .

[saigon68]

4. Contractors NOT Lost to Iraqi Resistance Forces

Yes Boys Payback is a Bitch

Especially at Rose Petal Parade Time.

Then the mercenaries get what they deserve.